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Article
British press reaction to the London exhibitions of David, Lefèvre, Wicar and Lethière
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 450–59
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Wine, Humphrey (Wine, Humphrey)
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1. Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries, by Jacques-Louis David. 1812. Oil on canvas, 205 by 127.5 cm. (Musée national du château, Fontainebleau; Bridgeman Images).
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10. The raft of the Medusa, by Théodore Géricault. 1819. Oil on canvas, 491 by 716 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Homer singing his Iliad at the gates of Athens, by Guillaume-Guillon Lethière. 1814. Oil on canvas, 198.1 by 246.4 cm. (Nottingham City Museums and Galleries; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Napoleon crossing the Alps, by the studio of Jacques-Louis David. 1803. Oil on canvas, 268.5 by 224.3 cm. (Château de Versailles; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Portrait of Pope Pius VII and Cardinal Caprara, by Jacques-Louis David. c.1805. Oil on canvas, 138.1 by 96 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art; Bridgeman Images).
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4. A full-length portrait of Napoleon after his return from Moscow, by Thomas Goff Lupton after George Clint. 1819. Engraving, 44.9 by 31.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
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5. Bonaparte and General Berthier at the Battle of Marengo, by Joseph Boze, with Robert Lefevre and Carle Vernet. 1800–01. Oil on canvas, 289 by 232 cm. (Musée de l’Armée, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the coronation of Empress Josephine on December 2, 1804, by Jacques-Louis David. 1808–22. Oil on canvas, 610 by 971 cm. (Chateau de Versailles).
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6. Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the coronation of Empress Josephine on December 2, 1804, by Jacques-Louis David. 1808–22. Oil on canvas, 610 by 971 cm. (Chateau de Versailles).
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7. Resurrection of the son of the widow of Naim, by Jean-Baptiste Wicar. 1816. Oil on canvas, 5.7 by 9 m. (Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille).
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8. Brutus condemning his sons to death, by Guillaume Guillon-Lethière. 1811. Oil on canvas, 59.4 cm by 99.1 cm. (Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown MA).
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9. The death of Virginia, by Guillaume-Guillon Lethière. 1828. Oil on canvas, 4.58 by 7.88 m. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Article
The elder sisters of the ‘The Campbell sisters’: William Gordon Cumming’s patronage of Lorenzo Bartolini
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 126–153
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Stevens, Timothy (Stevens, Timothy)
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Wood, Lucy (Wood, Lucy)
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1. The Campbell sisters dancing a waltz, by Lorenzo Bartolini. Here dated 1817–18. Marble, height 170 cm; height of plinth, 92 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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10. Eliza Maria, Lady Gordon Cumming, by George Sanders. 1838. Photogravure by Emery Walker, after a painting of 1838. (From C.F. Gordon Cumming: Memories, Edinburgh 1904, facing p.38).
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11. Lady Charlotte Campbell and John Campbell of Islay, thought to be by George Sanders. c.1796. Oil on board(?); each 13.6 by 10.5 cm. (framed individually and mounted together on velvet in a gilded wood frame, not shown). (Private collection; photograph Marc Hindley).
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12. Altyre House, Morayshire, by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. After a drawing of before 1854. (From C.F. Gordon Cumming: Memories, Edinburgh 1904, facing p.52).
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13. Sofa table, by George Bullock. c.1815–18. Veneered in rosewood with brass marquetry and lacquered brass mounts, 70.6 by 172.5 by 91.3 cm. (Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool).
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14. Model for The Campbell sisters dancing a waltz, by Lorenzo Bartolini. Plaster, height 167 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900337755).
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16. Bust of a man (left), here identified as Walter Frederick Campbell, and bust of a woman (right), here identified as Lady Charlotte Campbell (later Bury), both by Lorenzo Bartolini. c.1817–18. Marble, height 74 cm. (left) and 82 cm. (right). (Present location unknown; photograph Christie’s, London).
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17. Model for the bust in Fig.16 (left), by Lorenzo Bartolini. Plaster, height 61 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900382892).
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18. Model for the bust in Fig.16 (right), by Lorenzo Bartolini. Plaster, height 63 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900382921, as ‘Marchioness of Londonderry’).
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19. Fig.16 (left) on its pedestal, supplied by Lorenzi Bartolini. Marble, pedestal height 107 cm. (Present location unknown; photograph Christie’s, London).
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2. Eliza Maria (née Campbell), Lady Gordon Cumming, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817–18. Marble, height with socle 81.5 cm. (Private collection; photograph Cara Willoughby).
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20. Fig.2 on its pedestal, supplied by Lorenzi Bartolini. Marble, pedestal height 106 cm. (Private collection; photograph Cara Willoughby).
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21. Design for a vase and columnar pedestal, inscribed (top left) ‘15’, by Lorenzo Bartolini’s workshop. Pen and ink on paper, 26 by 18.4 cm. (Museo Civico, Prato, inv no.1035).
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22. Model for the bust of Eleanora Campbell (Fig.3), by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817. Plaster, height 64 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900382923).
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23. Model for a bust, probably Eliza Gordon Cumming (Fig.2), by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817. Plaster, height 46.5 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900750676).
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24. Model for a statue of a child, possibly Penrose Gordon Cumming, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1818. Plaster, height 101 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900337775).
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26. Model for a bust of Madame de Staël, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1816. Plaster, height 78 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900742880).
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28. Model for a statue of Venus, formerly with a figure of Cupid, by Lorenzo Bartolini. c.1817. Plaster, height 158 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900337748).
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29. Lorenzo Bartolini’s receipt for 484 francesconi for the items in Sir William Gordon Cumming’s third commission, dated 12th June 1818 and annotated by Sir William with individual prices and the total, including his second commission. (National Library of Scotland, Dep.175, Box 128; see Appendix 3.4).
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3. Eleanora Campbell (later Countess of Uxbridge), by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817–18. Marble, height with socle 78 cm. (Private collection; photograph Cara Willoughby).
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4. Side view of Fig.2. (Photograph Cara Willoughby).
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5. Side view of Fig.3. (Photograph Cara Willoughby).
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6. Eliza Maria Campbell. c.1815. Possibly watercolour on ivory, 9 by 8 cm. (Private collection; photograph Marc Hindley).
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7. Eliza Maria, Lady Gordon Cumming, by Henry Raeburn. 1817. Oil on canvas, 76.2 by 63.5 cm. (Present location unknown; courtesy of the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
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8. Charles Cumming (later Cumming Bruce) in Turkish dress, by Andrew Geddes. 1817. Oil on panel, 64.1 by 53.3 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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9. Sir William Gordon Cumming, by George Sanders. 1838. Photogravure by Emery Walker, after a painting of 1838. (From C.F. Gordon Cumming: Memories, Edinburgh 1904, facing p.136).
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Opposite 15. Detail of Fig.1.
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27. Venus and Cupid. Roman, partly mid-2nd century CE, restored 1584. Marble, height 182 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Gabinetto Fotograficao).
Article
Goya’s ‘Self-portrait with Dr Arrieta’
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1300–1304
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Céron-Peña, Mercedes (Céron-Peña, Mercedes)
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1. Self-portrait with Dr Arrieta, by Francisco de Goya. 1820. Oil on canvas, 114.6 by 76.5 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art; Bridgeman Images).
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2. Detail of Fig.1, showing green and red brushstrokes in the white bedsheet.
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of the man behind Goya’s left shoulder.
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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the friar or monk behind Arrieta’s right elbow.
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4. An allegory of Ferdinand VII’s constitutional oath. 1820. Handcoloured engraving, 19.4 by 25 cm. (Ayuntamiento de Madrid; Museo de Historia de Madrid).
Article
‘After the duel’: an early painting by Paul Delaroche
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1190-1195
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Bann, Stephen (Bann, Stephen)
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1. ‘Salon de 1835, “Assassinat du duc de Guise”, tableau de M. Paul Delaroche’, by Andrew Best Leloir and Charles Émile Wattier. 1835. Engraving, 12 by 21.5 cm. (From Le Magasin Pittoresque 22, 1835, p.169).
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2. After the duel, by Paul Delaroche, 1825. Oil on canvas, 66 by 82 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Duel after the masquerade, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. 1857–59 (third version). Oil on canvas, 39.1 by 56.3 cm. (The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore).
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4. St Bartholomew scene, by R.J. Bingham after Paul Delaroche. 1857– 58. Albumen print. (From Oeuvre de Paul Delaroche, Paris 1858).
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5. A duel, by Pierre Roch Vigneron. 1829. Lithograph, 25 by 29 cm. (Private collection).
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6. Detail of St Vincent de Paul preaching to the court of Louis XIII on behalf of the abandoned children, by Zachee Prevost after Paul Delaroche. 1834 Salon. Engraving.
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7. The students of Baron Gros in 1820, by Louis Léopold Boilly, 1820. Black and white chalk on paper, 59.5 by 29.1 cm. (Musée Carnavalet, Paris; Alamy Stock photo).
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8. Study for the ‘Assassination of the duc de Guise’, by Paul Delaroche. c.1832 or before 1830. Pencil on paper, 13.5 by 24.2 cm. (Private collection).
Article
The design of New Court at St John’s College, Cambridge
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 840-849
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Salmon, Frank (Salmon, Frank)
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10. Detail of a design for the south elevation of New Court, by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. November 1826. Pen and ink on paper, 62 by 108 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC4/4)
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11. The Bridge of Sighs, viewed westward from the Third Court loggia, St John’s College, Cambridge, by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. 1827–31. (Photograph © Tim Rawle)
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12. Detail of Fig.10, showing the design for an iron Bridge of Sighs.
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13. The New Court ‘Bridge Passage’, St John’s College, Cambridge, viewed westward towards the cloister with the entrance to A Staircase on the right, by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. 1827–31. (Photograph Tim Rawle).
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14. Detail of Fig.2, digitally rendered to show the building as it would have appeared if built in red brick.
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2. South front of New Court, St John’s College, Cambridge, by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. 1827–31. (Photograph © Tim Rawle).
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3. Perspective view of a design for New Court from the south-east, by John Clement Mead. October 1824. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 68 by 124 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC2/10).
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4. Detail of a design for the east elevation of New Court, by John Clement Mead. October 1824. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 70 by 98 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC2/5).
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5. The Shrewsbury Tower gatehouse in Second Court, St John’s College, Cambridge, by Ralph Symons and Gilbert Wigge. 1598–1602. (Photograph © Tim Rawle).
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6. Detail of a design for the south elevation of New Court, by John Clement Mead. October 1824. Ink and wash on paper, 70 by 98 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC2/2).
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7. South side of Second Court, St John’s College, Cambridge, by Ralph Symons and Gilbert Wigge. 1598–1602. (Photograph © Tim Rawle).
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8. Detail of a design for the south elevation of New Court, St John’s College, Cambridge, by Arthur Browne. April–September 1825. Pen, ink and grey wash on card, 22 by 55 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC3/3).
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9. Detail of a plan of a design for New Court, by Arthur Browne. April–September 1825. Pen, ink and wash on card, 22 by 56 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC3/2).
Western art unattributed:
1. New Court and the Bridge of Sighs, St John’s College, Cambridge, viewed from the Kitchen Bridge to the south-east. Mid-nineteenth century. Engraving, 8.5 by 13.5 cm. (Private collection).
Letter
Letter One
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 812
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Dubois, Hélène (Dubois, Hélène)
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1. Top Detail of The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel. Photograph 2016, before conservation. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent © Lukasweb.be-Art in Flanders vzw; photograph KIK-IRPA). 2. Above Detail of The adoration of the Mystic Lamb, by Hubert and Jan van Eyck. Completed by 1432. Panel. Photograph 2018, after removal of overpaint from the Lamb. (Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent © Lukasweb.be-Art in Flanders vzw; photograph KIK-IRPA).
Article
Thorvaldsen’s portrait of Giovanna Riario Sforza rediscovered
07/2014 | 1336 | 156
Pages: 452-453
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Gardonio, Matteo (Gardonio, Matteo)
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39. Giovanna Riario Sforza Nugent, by Bertel Thorvaldsen (Maritime and Historical Museum of the Croatian Littoral, Rijeka)
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40. Giovanna Riario Sforza Nugent, by Bertel Thorvaldsen (Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen)
Article
A ‘higher style’ of looking: Thomas Cole and popular media
06/2014 | 1335 | 156
Pages: 385-390
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Ikemoto , Wendy (Ikemoto , Wendy)
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46. Diorama, Park Square, Regents Park: Plan of the principal story, designed by A. Pugin and built by J. Morgan, J. Britton and A. Pugin: Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London. With historical and descriptive accounts of each edifice, London 1825
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47. Past, by Thomas Cole (Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst MA)
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48. Present, by Thomas Cole (Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst MA)
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49. View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, after a storm, by Thomas Cole (Cleveland Museum of Art)
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50. Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, by Thomas Cole (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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51. The Cross and the world: study for Two youths enter upon a pilgrimage - one to the Cross, the other to the world, by Thomas Cole (Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University Endowment Association Art Collection)
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52. Departure, by Thomas Cole (Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington)
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53. Return, by Thomas Cole (Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington)
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54. Diagram showing the landscapes depicted in Departure and Return
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55. Section of the Rotunda, Leicester Square, in which is exhibited the panorama, by Robert Mitchell (British Museum, London). From R. Mitchell: Plans and Views in Perspective, with Descriptions of Buildings Erected in England Wales, London 1801
Article
Canova as hairdresser
01/2014 | 1330 | 156
Pages: 26-28
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Ferando, Christina (Ferando, Christina)
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36. Antonio Canova lays the cornerstone for the Tempio in Possagno, by Johann Anton Pock. 1819. Canvas, 35 by 47 cm. (Museo Glauco Lombardi, Parma).
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A recently discovered oil-sketch by John Constable at the Victoria and Albert Museum
12/2013 | 1329 | 155
Pages: 823-826
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Costaras, Nicola (Costaras, Nicola)
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Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
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Richardson, Claire (Richardson, Claire)
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22. Branch Hill pond: Hampstead, by John Constable (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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23. Reverse of Fig. 22: Landscape with a kiln, by John Constable (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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24. Octagonal lime kiln erected in 1816 by Edward Burtt, Burgess Park, Southwark. Photograph taken on 1st January 2013
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25. Branch Hill pond, Hampstead, by John Constable (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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